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Senior Chief Mabulabo from Mzimba called out village heads for ghosting child marriage cases in their areas, and he threatened to yank their titles if they keep dropping the ball. The leaders got summoned after ignoring reports around Bumbunyika School, Kaufipa School, and Tigawanenge School...

RITZ Holdings just dropped K5.2 million worth of gear for the Malawi Men's Netball National Team right before they hit the African Netball Cup at Griffin Saenda Sports Complex in Lilongwe. Corporate Affairs Officer Blessings Symon said the squad was running around in basic merch before this, and...

Former Presidential Secretary and Minister Colleen Zamba got hit with charges from a government agency claiming she abused her official authority, and the court gave her two weeks to file a response. Her lawyers already asked for bail while this whole thing plays out, and the registry has to...

The High Court in Lilongwe backed Simplex Chithyola Banda after his opponent Joseph Manguluti tried to overturn the Kasungu South parliamentary election results. Justice Redson Kapindu tossed the case because witness names on sworn statements did not match their IDs and signatures, which tanked...

Apostle James Chikopa from Everlasting Life Ministry brought clothes, flour, soap, and other stuff to White Phapuwa and his wife in Jorichi 2 Village, Zomba District, after he read about the 100-year-old couple struggling hard. He said religious leaders need to help people dealing with...

Old Mutual Investment just dropped K45 million on Mzuzu University to keep the 2025 Mathematics Olympiad going, and this marks a full decade of them backing the competition since 2015. Managing Director Mark Mikwamba said the country needs solid math skills if it wants to build innovation and...

The Malawi Human Rights Commission pushed residents in Mzimba villages to report all gender-based violence cases after seeing more people willing to talk about abuse during their awareness campaign. Officials said communities are finally breaking their silence on violence affecting women and...

A disability rights group in Malawi wants the government to fix how hospitals treat girls who cannot hear or speak when they need reproductive health services. Nurse Lucretia Kuchande from the Human Rights for Women and Girls with Disabilities organization told people at a workshop in Lilongwe...

Vice President Jane Ansah told MP Steve Baba Malondela during a food handout event in Lilongwe that he got invited because of his parliamentary seat and nothing else. Malondela doubles as the youth director for the opposition Malawi Congress Party, and he showed up asking for a paved road...

Ciza landed the top spot on Spotify South Africa after his track Isaka (6 AM) became the most-streamed song this year. The amapiano banger got made with Jazzworx and Thukuthela, and it basically took over every playlist while sparking viral moments online. Fans said they were not shocked it...

South Africa cannot afford to host the Rugby World Cup because the infrastructure costs are astronomical, and the government would have to dump serious cash into stadium upgrades. SA Rugby president Mark Alexander said at a sponsorship event in Johannesburg that asking for millions in public...

DJ Sbu just announced his property wealth guide called Brick By Brick after an eight-year gap since his last book dropped. The entrepreneur is charging R550 for the release, which lands mid-December and features 15 chapters breaking down real estate strategy for people trying to level up their...

Gugu Khathi dropped a sentimental post on Instagram celebrating over two decades with her husband, DJ Tira, and the caption had people getting emotional. The businesswoman talked about how their relationship evolved from initial attraction into something stable that keeps them grounded through...

Kayleigh Schwark from Young, Famous & African posted family pics with her partner, Naked DJ, and their newborn to celebrate turning 33. The reality star said this birthday feels completely different because she gets to spend it with the two people who turned her into a mom. The couple just had...

Mlindo the Vocalist dropped his first project more than seven years back, and it just landed at number seven on the most-streamed albums list for South Africa this year. The record keeps pulling numbers every single year without slowing down, and it moved up from tenth place last year. Fans on...

Sol Phenduka went on Podcast and Chill and told everyone he would join the military if South Africa needed him to fight. The media personality said his loyalty runs deep enough that he would die for the country, and he repeated the sentiment online after the episode dropped. He posted about...

Mthandeni SK and Mawhoo just hit a million streams in under 24 hours with their track called Dubai, and both artists posted about the milestone online. The song blends maskandi with amapiano vibes and dropped right when the festive season started rolling. Mawhoo mentioned the track also hit...

Pusha T told Consequence that he has zero interest in making diss tracks anymore because the whole format feels pointless at this point. The rapper said beefs used to produce clear winners and losers, but the current landscape just creates endless noise, even after someone supposedly takes the...

Prairie Farms pulled around 320 gallons of fat-free milk from Woodman's stores after some food-grade cleaning solution got mixed into the product at their Iowa plant. The contaminated batch has a specific code date and plant number printed on the carton, and anyone who grabbed one should toss it...

Over 100 people got wrecked by norovirus on the AIDAdiva cruise ship during a months-long voyage that started in Hamburg. The CDC confirmed that 95 passengers and six crew members came down with the usual stomach bug symptoms while the vessel made stops across multiple continents on its way back...